Prevalence rates and antifungal susceptibility profiles of the Candida parapsilosis species complex: results from a nationwide surveillance of candidaemia in Brazil

Autor(es)

Goncalves, S. S. ; Amorim, C. S. ^[1] ; Nucci, M. ; Padovan, A. C. B. ^[2] ; Briones, M. R. S. ^[2] ; Melo, A. S. A. ; Colombo, A. L. ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Dept Med Interna, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Parasitol, BR-04023062 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Lab Especial Micol, Disciplina Infectol, BR-04023062 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Clinical Microbiology and Infection; v. 16, n. 7, p. 885-887, JUL 2010.
• Citações Web of Science: 46

Resumo

P>The genetically heterogeneous taxon Candida parapsilosis was recently reclassified into three species: Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis. The prevalences of these species among 141 bloodstream isolates tested in Brazil were 88% for C. parapsilosis, 9% for C. orthopsilosis, and 3% for C. metapsilosis. Except for three C. orthopsilosis isolates that were considered resistant to 5-flucytosine, all isolates representing the different species of this complex were susceptible to polyenes, triazoles and caspofungin. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 05/50778-1 - Caracterização genotípica de isolados clínicos de Candida parapisilosis e correlação com a capacidade de formação de biofilme e susceptibilidade e antifúngicos
• Beneficiário: Arnaldo Lopes Colombo
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular